Under the bill the government would have to ensure that “no multi-State qualified health plan offered in an Exchange provides coverage of abortion.” Like other federal funding bans the bill allows a narrow exception in the case of rape, incest or when the life of the mother is at risk.

Given Paul’s support it’s probably safe to assume the rape exception is only in those cases of an “honest rape.”

In a final twist of hypocrisy from Paul and the other “states rights” sponsors, the bill prohibits states from pre-empting the law and guaranteeing coverage on their own. That means that the states are beholden to the federal government here, because Paul and his supporters believe that freedom from unnecessary government intrusion is apparently a right only held by men.

Oh Pieklo, I most often just avoid your articles these days, but I must check in once in a while to laugh at your incredibly biased and unbalanced "reporting". You think you're part of the solution- but you're actually part of the problem. When people start twisting facts and letting their bias get the best of them they do no service to humanity, even if their goal or intent is noble. The ends don't justify the means.

The only idea I can come up is that the republicans know they are not going to win the election so they are trying to use women as the scape goat so they can say to themselves well we lost the election because of the Romeny (No win president try) so we cab scapegoat the women issue . They are trying to loose the election on purpose.

Leslie G. Are you suggesting that Michelle Obama has a brain? Bachmann, Palin, Brewer, I am not a witch, and the other clueless tea baggers missed the line that was handing out brains and common sense.

When are these idiots going to leave WOMEN alone???. They DO NOT CARE about these children after birth.......ALL THEY WANT IS TO CONTROL WOMEN, Or they would vote YES FOR child/baby medicial COVERAGE, THINK......... They just raise HADES, while the baby is......WHERE?????????..........INSIDE the MOTHER!!. What happens after the little darling is .....BORN?????. The HADES with it.......THEY could CARE LESS. Parents Can't afford food, diapers, much LESS shots, medicine, sickness, the REPUBLICIANS/TEAPARTY, need to THINK past the BIG belly. THERE is a BIGGER picture....HERE...... Babies get SICK, THEY can DIE.....without medicial intervention. if there is none bye bye baby, AND hospitials will not see you without PAYMENT, We have A friend her SON was BADLY INJURED, .....NO MEDICIAL COVERAGE, He was bleeding BAD. HOSPITIAL SAID You have to pay us $100.00, to see him then payments, DID NOT HAVE $100.00,........NO CAN SEE, A CLINIC....WORSE DO YOU HAVE MEDICIAL COVERAGE???? NO........CASH.......NO, THE LADY LOOKS AROUND FOR other patients and goes........NEXT!!!!!!!!!. This is how people are treated, if they have no WAY to PAY...........HUMANS. I wii die before a vote GOP/TEAPARTY. Diana.